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TO   ALL  MARYLANDERS 

IN   THE 

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After  a  long  and  painful  imprisonment  by  the  Lincoln  Government,  and  en 
during  every  form  of  persecution  at  the  hands  of  our  enemies,  I  succeeded  at 
last  in  making  my  escape  to  Canada,  and  by  a  tedious  journey  have  reached  the 
South,  in  order  to  unite  my  fortune  wtth  hers,  and  to  combat  with  you  for  the  de- 
liverance of  our  beloved  and  down-trodden  State  of  Maryland.  On  coming 
among  you,  I  find  too  plainly  evident  a  fact  already  kuown  and  lamented  by  our 
friends  at  home — instead  of  being  arrayed  in  one  compact  and  regular  organiza- 
tion, you  have  by  accident  rather  than  design  been  distributed  into  the  various 
regiments  and  brigades  which  make  up  the  Southern  army. 

It  thus  results  that  your  numbers  are  greatly  underrated  by  the  public,  and 
the  State  does  not  receive  the  credit  for  the  devotion  to  the  South,  which  you 
acd  I  well  know,  inspires  a  large  majority  of  her  people.  But  there  are  other 
bad  consequences  of  this  distribution — not  only  do  you  lose  all  the  moial  force 
in  battle  derived  from  the  esprit  du  corps  and  from  a  just  State  pride,  but  our 
young  men,  coming  here  to  join  our  standard,  are  unable  to  find  readily  their 
friends,  or  a  common  rallying  point.  Lastly,  whatever  of  endurance  or  valor  you 
may  exhibit  in  battle,  enures  to  the  reputation  of  some  other  State  than  that  for 
whose  deliverance  you  would  so  gladly  sacrifice  your  lives.  I  have  presented 
these  views  to  President  Davis,  and  with  that  genuine  appreciation  of  our  State 
which  he  has  ever  exhibited,  he  has  determined  upon  a  plan  by  which  it  is  put  in 
your  own  power  to  correct  these  evils,  and,  by  uniting  yourselves  together,  to  se- 
cure the  fame  to  which  you  may  be  justly  entitled,  and  to  hold  out  a  rallying 
standard,  around  which  all  true  Marylanders  may  form.  The  President  autho- 
rizes me  to  Fsay  that  he  has  directed  a  camp  to  be  formed  at  Staunton,  Va.,  to  be 
known  as  "  Camp  Maryland,"  to  the  Command  of  which  Major  General  Elzej  has 
been  assigned,  and  a  camp  near  Hanover  Junction,  to  be  called  "Camp  Howard," 
to  the  command  of  which  Colonel  Bradley  T.  Johnson  has  been  assigned.  These 
camps  will  be  for  the  reception  of  all  Marylanders,  whether  in  the  army  or  not, 
including  those  already  existing,  organized  as  a  Maryland  force,  who  may  repair 
to  it  in  order  to  unite  themselves  with  the  regular  military  organization.  The 
President  will  issue  orders  to  all  commanding  officers,  directing  that,  upon  a  writ- 
ten application  of  Marylanders  now  serving  in  their  respective  cammands,  ac- 
cording to  the  subjoined  regulations,  they  shall  be  permitted  to  leave  at  once  for 
the  camp,  and  be  furnished  with  transportation  for  the  purpose. 

On  reaching  there  they  will  be  duly  Cared  for,  and  permitted  to  organize  them- 
selves into  companies  and  regiments,  with  the  privilege  of  selecting  their  own 
officers,  as  usually  exercised  by  volunteer  organizations.  The  general  officers  to 
command  brigades  and  divisions  will  be  chosen  by  the  President,  with  reference 
as  well  to  State  pride  as  to  the  interests  of  the  service. 

I  call  upon  you,  then,  one  and  all,  whether  now  in  military  service  or  civil  life, 
to  come  forward  at  once,  and  repair  to  the  flag  of  our  own  beloved  State,  op- 
pressed though  she  has  been  for  years,  her  worthiest  citizens  languishing  ya  dun- 
geons, or  exiles  from  her  soil ;  her  fair  daughters  insulted  by  ruffians  and  mourn- 
ing in  tears  the  fate  of  their  country.  We  well  know  that  there  is  yet  for  Mary- 
land a  future,  and  a  hope.  I  appeal  to  you  by  !all  the  wrongs  heaped  upon  our 
people,  by  the  noble  blood  poured  out  in  the  battles  of  the  war,  by  the  memo- 
ries of  your  ancestors,  to  rally  as  a  band  of  brothers,  and  unite  in  a  common  ef- 
fort for'the  rescue  of  our  State  from  the  hands  of  the  spoiler  and  the  despot. 

GEORGE  P.  KANE. 


Adjutant  and  Inspector  General's  Office, 

Richmond,  March  23,   1854. 

GENERAL  ORDERS,  ) 

No.  38.  J 

I.  The  second  and  third  paragraphs  of  Genera!  Orders,  No.  S,  Adjutant  and 
Inspector  General's  office,  series  of  1862,  are  hereby  revoked. 

II.  With  a  view  to  facilitate  the  organization  of  citizens  of  Maryland  into 
companies,  squadrons,  battalions  and  regiments,  in  accordance  with  the  act  to 
authorize  and  provide  for  the  organization  of  the  Maryland  Line,  published  in 
paragraph  I,  General  Orders  No  S,  above  referred  to,  a  camp  will  be  established 
at  Staunton,  Virginia,  to  he  cplled  Camp  Maryland,  and  a  camp  near  Hanover 
Junction,  to  be  called  O^rnp  Howard. 

III.  The  troops  now  under  the  command  of  Col.  Bradley  T.  Johnson  will,  for 
the  present,  occupy  Camp  Howard;  and  all  other  Maryland  companies,  squadrons 
and  battalions  will,  upon  their  written  application,  be  detached  by  commandii.g 
generals  from  their  present  commands,  and  ordered  to  proceed,  lor  the  purpose 
of  being  organized  into  regiments,  either  to  Camp  Maryland  or  to  Camp  Howard 
as  they  may  elect. 

IV.  All  persons  now  in  service  in  other  than  Maryland  companies,  who  are,  or 
were,  at  the  commencement  of  the  war,  native  or  adopted  citizens  of  Maryland, 
and  who  desire  to  join  companies  from  their  own  State,  will,  upon  their  applica- 
tion in  writing,  with  reliable  evidence  of  their  citizenship,  addressed  and  sent  di- 
rectly to  the  commandant  of  Camp  Maryland  or  to  the  commandant  of  Carap 
Howard,  be  transferred  to  the  Maryland  Line,  and,  at  their  option,  will  either  be 
assigned  to  Maryland  companies  now  existing;  or,  provided  the  number. be  suf- 
ficient, organized  into  new  companies,  with  the  privilege  of  electing  company 
officers.  And  persons  now  in  service  in  Maryland  companies,  who  are  citizens  of 
other  States,  will,  upon  their  request  in  writing,  accompanied  by  proper  evidence 
of  their  citizenship,  be  transferred  by  commanding  generals  to  any  company 
from  their  own  State,  in  the  army  to  which  they  belong. 

V.  Upon  receipt  of  orders  from  this  office,  making  transfers  in  accordance 
with  the  preceding  paragraph,  commanding  generals  are  directed  to  forward  the 
men  so  transferred  to* the  camp  designated,  in  charge  of  commissioned  officers: 
and  they  will  furnish  every  possible  facility  for  the  prompt  movement  of  compa- 
nies, squadrons  and  battalions,  as  directed  in  the  third  paragraph  of  this  order. 

VI.  All  native  or  adopted  citizens  of  Maryland,  who  are  not  now  in  the  Confed- 
erate service,  will,  upon  application  to  either  of  the  commandants  herein  men- 
tioned, within  the  next  sixty  days,  be  enlisted  into  the  Maryland  Line,  and,  at 
their  option,  assignpd  to  existing  Maryland  companies,  Of  organized  into  the  new 
companies  herein  before  provided  for. 

VII.  Major-General  Elzey  is  relieved  from  the  command  of  the  Department  of 
Richmond,  and  assigned  to  the  command  of  the  Maryland  Line.  He  will,  for  the 
present,  take  immediate  command  of  Camp  Maryland.  Col.  Bradley  T.  Jobnsox 
will  assume  command  of  Camp  Howard.  They  will  at  once  proceed  to  carry  out 
the  puopose  of  these  orders. 

By  order, 

S.  COOPER, 
Adjutant  and  Inspector  General, 


The  undersigned,  a  in  company 

regiment, 
*,  brigade, 

division, 
corps,  army  of 
having  been   a  citizen  of  Maryland  at  the  commencement  of 
the  war,  applies  for  a  transfer  to  the  Maryland  Line,  company 

regiment, 
under  General  Orders  Xo.  38,  Adjutant  and  Inspector 
General's  office,  1S64.  I  desire  to  be  transferred  to  Camp 
Maryland,  Major  General  Elzey,  Staunton,  or  Camp  Howard, 
Colonel  Bradley  T.  Johnson,  Hanover  Junction. 

Appended  is  j  roof  of  citizenship  : 

On  this  day  of 

18G4,  before  the  suTjscriber,  a  commis- 
sioned officer.  regiment, 

brigade,  personally 
appeared 

and  made   oath   in  due  form   of  law,  that  he   knows   that 

was  a 
citizen  of  Maryland  at  the  commencement  of  the  war. 

All  applications  to  be  transferred  to  Camp  Maryland  will 
for  the  present,  be  addressed  to  Major-General  Arnold  Elzey. 
Richmond,  Virginia. 


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